ArtatWork CIC

29/04/2026

Do get involved- I am loving working as an artist on this Norfolk Record Office project. It's truely fascinating. Holly

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🏡 ‘Discovering Lost House Histories’ 🔍

Did you know that over 80 country houses have been ‘lost’ in Norfolk since 1780? 🤯
- Who owned and lived in these homes? 👑
- Who worked behind the scenes? 🧹
- What happened to the estates connected to them, and does it matter? 🤔

✨ Come and uncover the answers in our six-session heritage for wellbeing workshops starting very soon at:
📍 King's Lynn Library – from Tue 12 May 2026
📍 Norfolk Record Office, Norwich – from Fri 15 May

💡 These FREE workshops are designed around the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’ and include a variety of engaging, hands-on activities to keep things interesting and interactive! 🎨📚

See links in the comments to book your place.

📸 The image shows participants from our Gorleston Library sessions enjoying a site visit to Somerleyton Hall (Suffolk!) on 21 April, with expert insights from Dr Sarah Spooner (UEA).

🌟 ‘Discovering Lost House Histories’ is part of the Hall Marks project, made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

27/04/2026

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Take a look at some of the fantastic workshops and sessions coming up with our Nature Connect team 🌿

Meet new people, learn new skills and discover how connecting with nature can support your wellbeing 🌳🪴

Booking is essential. To secure your place, email [email protected]
Find out more: norfolkandwaveneymind.org.uk/nature-connect

06/04/2026

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Nominations open for Norfolk Arts Awards 2026!

In this first round, artists and cultural sector workers are invited to nominate across 11 categories covering a range of artforms and including a lifetime achievement award.
The artists and organisations with the highest number of nominations in each category will be added to a shortlist that will then be voted on by the public.

Nominations close on Friday 24th April

https://bit.ly/3O3XwTq

14/03/2026

Thank you for your wonderful 3D fabric manipulation workshop,
I love how the group all made such different things.

Thanks also to and for your support.

11/03/2026

Our amazing participants have been busy bees rag rugging and Sashiko stitching. Fantastic ideas for using up scraps of fabric and upcycling.

Many thanks to and for your support.

11/03/2026

Join Holly for a phytogram workshop. It's a way of using the natural chemicals in plants to create a photographic image and is a lot of fun! lots of other nature inspired activities too- all free. Everyone welcome. This one is in Lakenham but I will upload the Thorpe Hamlet one too.

09/03/2026

After many wonderful years, ArtatWork CIC will be closing on 31 March.
We will keep this page up as a way of keeping in touch and sharing our new projects.
Through ArtatWork we’ve had the privilege of working with so many inspiring people and communities, creating spaces for creativity, connection and wellbeing. We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who has taken part, collaborated with us, or supported the work along the way.

Although ArtatWork is coming to a close, we’ll both continue our creative work as independent artists and freelancers, and will keep supporting each other’s projects and just being great friends too!

Melanie Tilford will be continuing her work in textiles and carnival arts.
Holly Sandiford .sandiford will be continuing her creative practice, creative evaluation, research and facilitation exploring heritage nature and wellbeing.

If you’d like to keep in touch and follow what comes next, you can find us here:sandiford


Thank you for being part of the ArtatWork journey. With love Holly and Melanie x

27/02/2026

One of our participants got the Rag rugging bug after our workshop with .pandolfi

Thanks also to and for supporting us

21/02/2026

has been showing us how to make these fantastic funky fabric pots using up lots of scraps. Love them!

Thank you and for supporting this project.

18/02/2026

We're exploring Rag rugging this evening with .pandolfi , everyone's very focussed.

Huge thanks and for supporting us.

17/02/2026

Wow!! Look at this bright and funky twiddle cushion one of our participants made for their grandchild at our repurposing textiles course.

Thank you and for supporting us 🙏